Naomi Campbell helps UN fight trafficking

Naomi Campbell has agreed to take part in a UN awareness campaign in Colombia to try to reduce the numbers of women and children being trafficked into sexual exploitation, saying she wanted to help in “providing a safe environment for models and preventing exploitation of human beings”. More than a dozen models from a top Colombian agency met earlier this week to discuss how to spread information amongst aspiring models to prevent more young women being trafficked.
Many girls are lured into travelling with traffickers with promises of modelling opportunities abroad. Colombian police estimate that more than 50,000 women and children have been trafficked into forced prostitution abroad, mainly in Japan, Holland and Spain.
“The modelling world attracts a large number of girls, particularly from the remote countryside, and it’s important for the industry to help protect them,” said Sandro Calvani, the UNODC chief in Colombia. “These vulnerable girls will listen to stars like Naomi Campbell.”